Modified Prius gets up to 180 Miles Per Gallon

Posted by timothy on Saturday April 2, 2005 @11:00AM from the oh-what-I-wouldn't-give-for-that-in-my-subaru dept.

shupp writes "The NY Times (free reg. required) reports in that some folks are not content with the no-plug-in rule that both Honda and Toyota endorse. By modifying a Prius so that it can be plugged in, Ron Gremban of CalCars states 'I've gotten anywhere from 65 to over 100 miles per gallon'. The article also reports that 'EnergyCS, a small company that has collaborated with CalCars, has modified another Prius with more sophisticated batteries; they claim their Prius gets up to 180 mpg, and can travel more than 30 miles on battery power.'"

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Re:Obligatory by SuperficialRhyme · 2005-04-02 11:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm not sure but it's 455 to 700 miles/hogshead! (7 gallons = 1 hogshead apparently). conversion info
Re:The secret? by Saeger · 2005-04-02 12:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

What's with all the Folgers jokes on /. lately?
Just a coincidence? Or do they have some new TV campaign I'm not aware of?

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